MicroLED not here [1], NanoRod OLED gone [2], QDEL not any time soon, QD Film ( used here ) isn't getting any better.<p>I guess we have to stick to OLED for quite some time. I still dont think Tandem OLED is the solution for PC. Especially not when I have the monitor turned on for 16 hours per day and uses it most days of the year.<p>I wonder if MacBook Pro will stick to LCD. While something like MacBook Air could switch to OLED just to be thinner.<p>[1] For small display, for TV and signage they seems to be doing fine.<p>[2] Samsung has reportedly given up on the idea. LG stopped R&D as well.
previously: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42152928">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42152928</a><p>M4 MacBook Pros use a quantum dot (QD) film rather than a red KSF phosphor film (twitter.com/dsccross)<p>147 points by zdw 2 days ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 79 comments
Are the screen more sturdy than on the MacBook Air M1? I really didn't like my M1 dying overnight after 13 months, when the base warranty had just expired and apple asked me 67% (!) of the price of what I paid the M1 to fix the screen. I didn't and I use it as a desktop since then, hooked to an external monitor.<p>For comparison, my LG Gram can be casually thrown down concrete stairs [1] and shall happily keep working.<p>I'm not asking for something as incredible as that LG Gram's screen (from a reliability point of view) but I'd like to know if these newer MacBook laptops have screens less fragile than the first M1 laptops.<p>[1] Not my vid but it's my experience with that laptop. Cat can jump on it, previous owner did step on it while waking up: do that to a Mac M1 laptop and it dies instantly. But my "MILSPEC" LG Gram: you cannot really damage that laptop (look at 35 seconds):<p><a href="https://youtu.be/herYV5TJ_m8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/herYV5TJ_m8</a>